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Wolfe, Maren M.; Yang, Peggy H.; Wong, Eunice C.; Atkinson, Donald R. – Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2001
Introduces development of a scale that can be used along with the Asian Values Scale, to assess adherence to Asian cultural values. Used in combination these scales can measure Asian American acculturation to European American values. They make it possible to obtain a value and behavior assessment of Asian American acculturation. (JDM)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Behavior Rating Scales, Cultural Background
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Leong, Frederick T. L. – Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2001
Tests hypotheses proposed by Leong and Chou for understanding the acculturation process among Asian Americans and uses their model to predict potential career adjustment problems encountered by Asians. In Study 1, acculturation was positively linked to job satisfaction. In Study 2, acculturation was found to be positively related to supervisors'…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Career Counseling
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Lieber, Eli; Chin, Dorothy; Nihira, Kazuo; Mink, Iris Tan – Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2001
Chinese immigrants (N=83) were surveyed to determine whether ethnic identity and general acculturation would prove indicators of quality of life. Meaningful effects and interactions were found between acculturation and Asian identity in explaining immigrants' quality of life. Discusses methodological issues in studying immigrants and implications…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Chinese Americans, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role
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Abe-Kim, Jennifer; Okazaki, Sumie; Goto, Sharon G. – Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2001
Examines approaches to assessing acculturation among Asian Americans college students in relation to the cultural indicators of individualism-collectivism, self-construal, impression management, and loss of face. An uneven nature of these relationships was found which is significant in light of the fact that acculturation differences are often…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian American Students, Attitude Measures, College Students
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Lee, Richard M.; Falbo, Toni; Doh, Hyun Sim; Park, Seong Yeon – Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2001
Korean undergraduates living in the United States and in China were administered the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure to assess their ethnic identity. Korean Americans had higher scores on ethnic identity and were more likely to be classified as bicultural, indicating that they were able to retain their cultural heritage while incorporating…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cultural Background, Ethnic Studies, Foreign Countries
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Tsai, Jeanne L.; Ying, Yu-Wen; Lee, Peter Allen – Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2001
Domains of cultural orientation such as language, social affiliation, and cultural pride, were examined in Chinese American college students (N=353) to see how they related to self-esteem. Cultural orientation significantly predicted self-esteem differences. Cultural predictors of self-esteem varied by gender; self-esteem was mainly related to…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Chinese Americans, College Students, Cultural Background